carabiniere
Americannoun
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a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
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The son of a carabiniere, Marchionne was born and raised in the poor central Italian region of Abruzzo.
From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2018
But last summer a local journalist arranged a meeting between the new carabiniere investigator, Col Luca Pietranera, and an art thief he had got to know in one of Piacenza's many bars.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2016
Noting the stream of big cars �P�ugeots, Mercedes and Citr�ens�a cruising carabiniere radioed his suspicions to Police Chief Alberto Sabatino in nearby Reggio di Calabria, capital of dirt-poor Calabria province.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of a carabiniere sergeant, Giambattista Giuffr�, now a bald, bouncy 56, began as a bank clerk and simple family man.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw the carabiniere start for me, come through the edge of the column toward me, then felt him take me by the collar.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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